Street Player

Rufus, Chaka Khan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 12, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000002ORY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,583 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Street Player

2. Stay

3. Turn

4. Best of Your Heart

5. Finale

6. Blue Love

7. Stranger to Love

8. Take Time [Instrumental]

9. Destiny

10. Change Your Ways

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly the cream, the best. If you buy one, take this one., September 15, 2000

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The Scholar "sertz" (APO, AE United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Street Player (Audio CD)

If one were to ask me what love is, I would put on "Stranger to Love," "Blue Love," or "turn." "Best of your heart," "Destiny" and "Stay" are certainly what emotion is all about. This is Chaka Khan at her finest. This album is the reason why we love her so much. She gets inside of your soul and makes you feel every mood, emotion, and each thought behind the words. Fittingly, this album also showcases the style, artistry, and genius of Rufus. "Take Time" and "Street Player" are wonderful displays of what bands were before programming. You will love this album. Other Rufus/Chaka Khan efforts are great, but none compare to this in terms of completeness, warmth, and fulness. You will love every cut. Not overproduced, just emotion and talent. Most artists get better as time goes on. However, this early work will never be eclipsed. All of the other Rufus/Chaka works have one or two fantastic cuts. This one bats 1000. Quality from start to finish. From a real Chaka junkie, this is the best.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rufus and Chaka kicked Butt!, October 30, 2005

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Lorraine Boyd (Charlotte, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Street Player (Audio CD)

This is by far one of their best albums or cd! I bought this album years ago, 1978, to be exact! It was my first album I ever bought!! I still have it somewhere in a collection of music! There are no bands like Rufus and there are no bands from R&B that can play like this! They had some of the best musicians in the industry! The singing is superb!! Chaka is the best and she will always be!! Because I was in love at at the time or ( so I thought), " The Best of my Heart", was the stand out for me! Also "Blue Love" as well as the dramatic "Stay"! These songs will outshine any songs written today! They had so much style and they were about being true, and the words were fantastic as well as memorable! Too bad people are not as "lyrically inclined" as they were back then! It is about the bottom line now! Your lyrics don't have to mean anything! The music had more than a "hook" or a "loop". They were not rehashed with beats to emphasis the nothingness!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Solid Record from Rufus & Chaka, October 2, 2006

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G. Carter "gcmusiclover" (Temple Hills, maryland United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Street Player (Audio CD)

'Streetplayer' is another great record from Rufus & Chaka, this record has them placed in a more mellow smooth jazz\r&b setting, Chaka's voice is so great on this record! and Tony as always adds his unigue voice to the mix, 'Streetplayer' was alittle ahead of its time for 1978, this record is a concept album which needs to be heard in it's entirety, that's why only two singles were released 'Stay' & 'Blue Love', now this gem has been remastered, the original cd release had some audio flaws, those have been cleaned up... the remastered sound on this cd is fantastic! the sound is crisp and full, i'm hearing things i've haven't heard before... this is a limited edition so get it while you can.